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Olympia Dukakis' Greek Theatre Workshop for FSU/Asolo Conservatory Begins Today<img alt="" src="http://images.bwwstatic.com/columnpic6/2D985CBFC-ED94-41E7-91F6AE0862FB0F04.jpg" style="float:left" width="300" /></p>
<p>Academy Award-winning actress <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Olympia-Dukakis/">Olympia Dukakis</a> arrives in Sarasota next Tuesday to present an exclusive week-long workshop for the 2016 class of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. The workshop will run today, March 3-7, 2015.</p>
<p>Capping a year of inspiring workshops studying stage combat, mime and movement, musical theatre and more, students will receive intimate and intense training on the art of Greek theatre under one of the leading experts of classical performance.<br />
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&quot;Greek theater inspires me because of its willingness to confront suffering and loss as a measure of ourselves and of the world around us,&quot; said Dukakis. &quot;My hope is that the students will take away the confidence that they have within themselves the ability to understand and perform these plays.&quot;<br />
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Scheduled the week prior to rehearsals for the season&#39;s final production, The Cherry Orchard, Dukakis&#39; workshop will equip the twelve second-year students with invaluable skills for both the season&#39;s finale and their transition to the Mertz stage the following year as they join <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Asolo-Repertory-Theatre/">Asolo Repertory Theatre</a>&#39;s professional acting company.</p>
<p>OLYMPIA DUKAKIS - Broadway: Rose (Drama Desk Award Nominee), Social Security, Who&#39;s Who in Hell. London: Rose (<a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Royal-National-Theatre/">Royal National Theatre</a>), Credible Witness (Royal Court). Off-Broadway: The Milktrain Doesn&#39;t Stop Here Anymore, The Tempest, Mother Courage and Her Children, Singing Forest, The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Obie Award), Curse of the Starving Class, Titus Andronicus, A Man&#39;s a Man (Obie Award), Electra and Peer Gynt. She is an Academy Award winner for her performance in Moonstruck, a role that also earned her a Golden Globe Award, American Comedy Award, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has appeared in more than 60 feature and short films, including Cloudburst, <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Mr.-Holland/">Mr. Holland</a>&#39;s Opus, Steel Magnolias, Dad, Look Who&#39;s Talking I, II &amp; III, Mighty Aphrodite, Jeffrey, Away From Her, among many others. Television: Big Driver, Sex &amp; Violence, Forgive Me, Bored to Death, Last of the Blond Bombshells (<a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Judi-Dench/">Judi Dench</a>), Sinatra (Golden Globe Nominee), Joan of Arc (Emmy Nominee), Tales of the City, More Tales of the City (Emmy Nominee), and Further Tales of the City, among more than 40 others. She has performed in over 130 productions Off-Broadway and regionally at theatres including A.C.T., Shakespeare in the Park, Shakespeare &amp; Co., and the Williamstown Summer Theatre Festival, where she also served as Associate Director. Founding member and <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Producing-Artistic/">Producing Artistic</a> Director of the Whole Theatre in Montclair, NJ for 19 years; also a founding member of the Actor&#39;s Company and the Charles Playhouse, both in Boston. She taught acting at NYU (graduate school) for fourteen years and teaches master classes for colleges and universities across the country. She has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Greek America Foundation and the <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Elliot-Norton/">Elliot Norton</a> Awards, was bestowed the National Arts Club Medal of Honor and her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was placed in 2013.</p>
<p>The workshop takes place at FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243. This event is not open to the public.</p><p><small></small><img
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<p>The mesmerizing songstress <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Audra-McDonald/">Audra McDonald</a>, will grace the Van Wezel stage on March 22, 2015 at 7:00pm with a dazzling performance of her favorite show-tunes and songs from her new album Go Back Home. Her breadth and versatility as both a singer and an actress combines to make her the powerhouse artist that she is. With a record six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards, and a whole catalogue of other awards to her name, making her one of today&#39;s most highly regarded performers.</p>
<p>McDonald received her classical vocal training at the Julliard School. A year after graduating, she won her first Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for Carousel at <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Lincoln-Center-Theater/">Lincoln Center Theater</a>. She received two additional Tony Awards in the featured actress category over the next four years for her performances in the Broadway premieres of <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Terrence-McNally/">Terrence McNally</a>&#39;s Master Class (1996) and his musical Ragtime (1998), earning her an unprecedented three Tony Awards before the age of 30. In 2004 she won her fourth Tony, starring alongside Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs in A Raisin in the Sun, and in 2012 she won her fifth-and her first in the leading actress category-for her role in The Gershwins&#39; Porgy and Bess. In 2014 she made Broadway history and became the Tony Awards&#39; most decorated performer when she won her sixth award for her portrayal of <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Billie-Holiday/">Billie Holiday</a> in Lady Day at Emerson&#39;s Bar &amp; Grill. In addition to setting the record for most competitive wins by an actor, she also became the first person to receive awards in all four acting categories.</p>
<p>Tickets are priced from $35-$70. For more information, call the Box Office at <a href="tel:941-953-3368" target="_blank">941-953-3368</a>, or toll free <a href="tel:800-826-9303" target="_blank">800-826-9303</a>, or visit <a href="http://www.VanWezel.org" target="_blank">www.VanWezel.org</a>.</p><p><small></small><img
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<p>If you were to create a 1980&#39;s time capsule in order to best reflect items from the Kajagoogoo Era, what would you include? For music, of course <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Michael-Jackson/">Michael Jackson</a>&#39;s <em>Thriller </em>must belong alongside New Order&#39;s &quot;Blue Monday&quot; EP and maybe Dexy Midnight Runner&#39;s &quot;Come On, Eileen.&quot; For movies, how about <em>Top Gun, The Breakfast Club </em>or <em>Risky Business</em>? And for books, you can&#39;t go wrong with <em>Less Than Zero, Slaves of New York</em> or, obviously, BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY by <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jay-McInerney/">Jay McInerney</a>.</p>
<p>I remember when BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY was the literary darling of the mid-Eighties. Told in second person, it detailed a week in the life of a twentysomething unnamed narrator (called Jamie in the 1988 movie and in the musical), whose wife recently left him, who lost his mother to cancer exactly a year earlier, and who was just fired from his job as a fact checker at a magazine not unlike <em>The New Yorker. </em> On top of this is the all night partying at clubs where drugs are more than just recreational...they have become his life.</p>
<p>The novel has become a lost icon from three decades ago, rarely discussed as anything more than a forgotten literary snapshot of the New York City party scene during the Reagan years. It&#39;s certainly not the first work you would think of that could translate well into a musical, but neither would a <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Roger-Corman/">Roger Corman</a> film about a man-eating plant if you think about it. That&#39;s why I&#39;m so happy that <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Paul-Scott-Goodman/">Paul Scott Goodman</a> turned BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY into a non-stop rock musical back in 1999, and that the courageous <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Eric-Davis/">Eric Davis</a> at freeFall has now staged a wonderfully galvanizing version of it. It&#39;s a truly exciting piece of theatre.</p>
<p>If you were too young to know the 1980&#39;s, then watching this production may help you understand what the decade was like more than any &quot;Miami Vice&quot; rerun or Tears for Fears song. It takes you on a fast-moving elevator ride from the party-hardy highs of the club scene to the crash-landing lows of the morning after.</p>
<p>The only worry about a show like this is that a stranger to the <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jay-McInerney/">Jay McInerney</a> story (or to the 1980&#39;s in general) might be lost early on and wonder why they&#39;re watching this, why they want to invest in such a dark tale of a coked-up yuppie, no matter how vibrantly staged. But the rocking score, the choreography and the wonderful cast will soon set them straight.</p>
<p>Like last year&#39;s <em>Burnt Part Boys</em>, this is not a musical that we will likely ever see again in the area (it&#39;s too edgy for most community theatres and many people don&#39;t know it), so make sure to see this ballsy production of it while you have the chance. Although Goodman&#39;s songs are sometimes hit or miss for me, the show becomes a beautifully produced time machine of sorts that shoots us right into the heart of the Eighties.</p>
<p>Also, freeFall does things more than just right. Added to Goodman&#39;s songs are actual selections from the novel that help put the work and Jamie&#39;s struggles in perspective. This is an ingenious move, done specifically for this production, and it elevates the story.</p>
<p>The action of BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY is non-stop for 90 minutes, no intermission. This is quite appropriate because Jamie doesn&#39;t ever seem to stop in his coked-up downward spiral.</p>
<p>The first thing the audience notices upon entering the theatre is <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Matt-Davis/">Matt Davis</a>&#39; set surrounding a majority of the band like a run-down runway, a sort of tattered catwalk, a literal road to nowhere (to quote the Talking Heads). The audience sits in the round either in rows or at club-like tables (similar to freeFall&#39;s <em>Cabaret</em> a few years ago, except the tables are high up behind the audience seats, not near the stage area...but every seat, as in nearly all freeFall shows, is a good one).</p>
<p>The hard-working cast couldn&#39;t be better. As Jamie, <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Lucas-Wells/">Lucas Wells</a> is stunning. He&#39;s onstage almost every moment, running from here to there, owning every instance along the way. It&#39;s an explosive performance, but he also hits the character&#39;s sadness and emptiness. His struggle takes a while to get used to (if you don&#39;t know the story, you&#39;ll wonder who this guy is early on and wonder why should we care about a failed writer hopped up on drugs). But then Jamie grows on us, and we start rooting for him. As those who saw Wells in freeFall&#39;s <em>Spring Awakening</em> a couple of years ago can attest, his voice is spectacular; he hits all the right notes and then some. An amazing performance.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Nick-Lerew/">Nick Lerew</a> strikes again. After his brilliant work in freeFall&#39;s productions of <em>The Burnt Part Boys</em> and <em>Into the Woods</em>, he follows them up here with another winning turn as Jamie&#39;s brother, Michael. His duet with Wells on &quot;Brother&quot; is one of the shows several highlights. And the fight scene between these two siblings is quite realistically staged.</p>
<p>Sarita Amani Nash, as Jamie&#39;s love interest/savior, is a revelation. Her &quot;Kindness&quot; and &quot;Perfect Feeling&quot; give us hope in all this madness, and you can feel the sparks between her and Wells.</p>
<p>In some musicals, there is a number that breaks your heart and emotionally pummels the audience, songs like &quot;Left Behind&quot; in <em>Spring Awakening</em>, &quot;I&#39;ll Cover You (Reprise)&quot; from <em>Rent </em>and &quot;What Would You Do?&quot; from <em>Cabaret.</em> BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY has one that may be one of the most emotionally wrenching musical moments I have ever seen: &quot;Are You Still Holding My Hand?&quot; sung by Jamie&#39;s cancer-stricken mother just before she dies. As performed by Heather Krueger, it is an emotional sock in the gut and so bare, so raw, so real. You could hear a pin drop from the audience as she sang and wept her way through the song. It&#39;s a glorious moment. And yes, audience members had to wipe their tears away at the end of the song. She is equally as good in the much more uplifting &quot;Happy Birthday, Darling.&quot;</p>
<p>The entire cast serves the work well. <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Clinton-Harris/">Clinton Harris</a> is a particularly eely Tad, Jamie&#39;s high-octane party animal friend. Amy Marie Stewart is heart-warming and moving in her song, &quot;My Son.&quot; <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Katie-Berger/">Katie Berger</a>, last seen as Little Red in freeFalls&#39; <em>Into the Woods</em>, is once again marvelous here as Mary O&#39;Brien McCann. Kara Konken as Jamie&#39;s model wife and <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Scott-Daniel/">Scott Daniel</a> add beautiful vocals and harmonies to the proceedings; they make &quot;Camera Wall&quot; really come to life.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Eric-Davis/">Eric Davis</a> proves once again why he is our local theatre hero. He takes on tough shows and through hard work and sheer creativity makes them come alive. I doubt you will ever see a better production of BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY.</p>
<p>Enough cannot be said of <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Mike-Wood/">Mike Wood</a>&#39;s impeccable lighting. Wood has been behind the lighting of many local shows, and all of his designs are supreme. This show, however, may be his best work yet. He creates the clubby mood of Eighties New York, and videos of home movie birthday parties, despised French celebrities, or even mummies at the Met zoom across the walls at a breathtaking pace. We really get the adrenalin-pumping feel of being in a nightclub and watching Jamie&#39;s life zoom by us. It&#39;s an experience that should not be missed, and the lighting becomes as important as any character on that stage. Stephan T. Kraack&#39;s sound design matches Wood&#39;s exquisite work.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Michael-Raabe/">Michael Raabe</a>&#39;s musical direction rocks, literally, and his musicians should all be applauded: Dick Lange on the 12 string guitar; percussionist <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Burt-Rushing/">Burt Rushing</a>; Paul Stoddard on the electric guitar; Kenny Walker on bass; and Todd W. Olson on keyboard (he also conducted the show). Like the cast, they&#39;re stellar. Also of note: freeFall thankfully includes a list of all of the music numbers in the program; this especially helps with lesser-known shows like this one.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Scott-Daniel/">Scott Daniel</a>&#39;s costumes work well, and the show appropriately looks like an 80&#39;s theme party. <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Megan-Morgan/">Megan Morgan</a>&#39;s choreography is spot on, the actors constantly in motion, perfectly timed and staged. BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY must be one of the biggest workouts for the cast because they are in nonstop motion and costume changes, rarely pausing for breath. The show&#39;s busy, sometimes too busy, but so were the 1980&#39;s.</p>
<p><em>BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY plays until March 22nd. For tickets, please call (727) 498-5205.</em></p><p><small></small><img
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<p>Tampa Shakespeare Festival is a new organization working to bring the works of <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/William-Shakespeare/">William Shakespeare</a> and other classical playwrights to Tampa communities in a fun and accessible way. Our goal is to create productions that are fast paced and enjoyable for the whole family. Tampa Shakespeare Festival&#39;s inaugural season will be performed outdoors at Waterworks Park and will be free to the entire community. </p>
<p><em>Macbeth</em>, Shakespeare&#39;s great tragedy about the false promises of success and ambition finds Macbeth, a Scottish noble, given guarantees of succession to the crown. He commits murder to achieve it, but it sits uneasily upon his head and he begins a downward spiral of increasingly horrible acts in an attempt to find peace. </p>
<p><em>Macbeth </em>is directed by Dan Granke (<em>Bethany</em>) an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and is a certified teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. Granke also teaches acting and movement at the University of South Florida. <em>Macbeth</em> will run March 5, 7, 13, 15, 19, and 21.</p>
<p>The well-known tale of<em> Romeo and Juliet</em> finds it&#39;s title characters caught in the midst of their families&#39; long-fought feud. The couple meet at a feast thrown by the Capulets and are instantly drawn to one another. They struggle to ignite their love against their families hate. <em>Romeo and Juliet</em> is directed by Megan Lamasney (<em>Disco Pigs</em>, <em>Alcestis</em>) and will run March 6, 8, 12, 14, 20, and 22.</p>
<p>Tampa Shakespeare Festival has brought together a talented company of actors who will play roles in both productions. Associate Artistic Director, Jack Holloway will play the title in <em>Macbeth</em> and the Nurse in <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>. Sharing the stage with him will be <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jamie-Jones/">Jamie Jones</a> as Romeo and Derrick Phillips as Duncan and MacDuff and Melissa Ruchong as Lady Capulet and Lady Macbeth.</p><p><small></small><img
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<p>Pulitzer Prize- and Greenfield Prize-winner <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Nilo-Cruz/">Nilo Cruz</a>&#39;s exquisite new play Sotto Voce opens Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 8pm in the Historic Asolo Theater and runs through Sunday, April 26, with previews on Tuesday, March 31 at 7:30pm and Wednesday, April 1 at 8pm. This hauntingly beautiful metaphysical love story will be directed by <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Melissa-Kievman/">Melissa Kievman</a>, who previously directed Searching for Eden: The Diaries of Adam and Eve, and The Blonde, The Brunette and The Vengeful Redhead, and Expecting Isabel at Asolo Rep. Sotto Voce premiered in February 2014 at New York&#39;s Theater for the New City, and had a brief yet celebrated run the following month at Miami-Dade County Auditorium&#39;s On.Stage Black Box theater. The title of Mr. Cruz&#39;s new work is an Italian musical term that means to speak in a soft manner with purpose.<br />
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Cruz captures the resiliency of true love and the power of memories in this spiritual masterpiece. German-born novelist Bemadette Kahn lost her one true love when he fled Nazi Germany aboard the SS St. Louis, a ship carrying 937 Jewish immigrants seeking refuge in Cuba. Cuba and the United States tragically turned the ship away, leaving the ship&#39;s passengers to return to Europe where many perished in Nazi concentration camps. Her heartbreak resurfaces when a young Jewish Cuban writer contacts the now 80-year-old reclusive, lovelorn Bemadette to research the ship&#39;s ill-fated voyage.Their relationship slowly evolves into a transcendent romance based on her memories of the boy she never stopped loving.<br />
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Olivier Award-winning actress <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Kathryn-Hunter/">Kathryn Hunter</a>, who was the first British female to ever professionally portray the title role in Shakespeare&#39;s King Lear, stars as the wistful Bemadette. On screen, Ms. Hunter played Arabella Figg in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. NYU Tisch School of the Arts CAP21 graduate <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Ben-Rosenbach/"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Ben-Rose/">Ben Rose</a>nbach</a> and Cuban-American stage and television actress Hannia Guillen star alongside Hunter.<br />
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Cuban-born <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Nilo-Cruz/">Nilo Cruz</a> was the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2003 for his Tony-nominated play Anna in the Tropics. He crafted the Spanish translation for Asolo Rep&#39;s 2012 production of Hamlet, Prince of Cuba. In 2014 Mr. Cruz was awarded the prestigious Greenfield Prize and commissioned to write a brand new play, which will soon be read for the first time at Asolo Rep.<br />
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&quot;<a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Nilo-Cruz/">Nilo Cruz</a> is one of the great American playwrights writing today, and we are thrilled to present his gorgeous, poetic play, Sotto Voce, one of the most original pieces we&#39;ve ever produced at Asolo Rep,&quot; said <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Producing-Artistic/">Producing Artistic</a> Director <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Michael-Donald-Edwards/"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Michael-Donald/">Michael Donald</a> Edwards</a>. &quot;The galvanizing idea behind Mr. Cruz&#39;s new masterpiece is the tragedy of the SS St. Louis but what it truly focuses on is the complicated and erotically charged relationship between the solitary Bemadette and the young Cuban writer desperate to meet her.&quot;<br />
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Sotto Voce continues the third season of Asolo Rep&#39;s five-year American Character Project. The play artfully depicts several different American immigration stories throughout the 20th Century and the dawn of the 21st Century.<br />
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&quot;Sotto Voce tells the beautiful, intimate story of the impossible convergence of three individuals - all of whom travelled far from their respective homelands for possibilities in America,&quot; said director <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Melissa-Kievman/">Melissa Kievman</a>. &quot;The risks that each have taken in pursuit of safety and prosperity, freedom of expression or inspiration are incalculable and reflect the same kind of intrepid tenacity, resourcefulness, sacrifice, and vision that America, one could say, was built upon. The people who populate Sotto Voce have each experienced what one describes as the &#39;merciless face of America&#39; and yet they are all, in the spirit of the American character, passionate dreamers.&quot;</p><p><small></small><img
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<p>Academy Award-winning actress <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Olympia-Dukakis/">Olympia Dukakis</a> arrives in Sarasota next Tuesday to present an exclusive week-long workshop for the 2016 class of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. The workshop will run March 3-7, 2015.</p>
<p>Capping a year of inspiring workshops studying stage combat, mime and movement, musical theatre and more, students will receive intimate and intense training on the art of Greek theatre under one of the leading experts of classical performance.<br />
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&quot;Greek theater inspires me because of its willingness to confront suffering and loss as a measure of ourselves and of the world around us,&quot; said Dukakis. &quot;My hope is that the students will take away the confidence that they have within themselves the ability to understand and perform these plays.&quot;<br />
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Scheduled the week prior to rehearsals for the season&#39;s final production, The Cherry Orchard, Dukakis&#39; workshop will equip the twelve second-year students with invaluable skills for both the season&#39;s finale and their transition to the Mertz stage the following year as they join <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Asolo-Repertory-Theatre/">Asolo Repertory Theatre</a>&#39;s professional acting company.</p>
<p>OLYMPIA DUKAKIS - Broadway: Rose (Drama Desk Award Nominee), Social Security, Who&#39;s Who in Hell. London: Rose (<a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Royal-National-Theatre/">Royal National Theatre</a>), Credible Witness (Royal Court). Off-Broadway: The Milktrain Doesn&#39;t Stop Here Anymore, The Tempest, Mother Courage and Her Children, Singing Forest, The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Obie Award), Curse of the Starving Class, Titus Andronicus, A Man&#39;s a Man (Obie Award), Electra and Peer Gynt. She is an Academy Award winner for her performance in Moonstruck, a role that also earned her a Golden Globe Award, American Comedy Award, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has appeared in more than 60 feature and short films, including Cloudburst, <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Mr.-Holland/">Mr. Holland</a>&#39;s Opus, Steel Magnolias, Dad, Look Who&#39;s Talking I, II &amp; III, Mighty Aphrodite, Jeffrey, Away From Her, among many others. Television: Big Driver, Sex &amp; Violence, Forgive Me, Bored to Death, Last of the Blond Bombshells (<a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Judi-Dench/">Judi Dench</a>), Sinatra (Golden Globe Nominee), Joan of Arc (Emmy Nominee), Tales of the City, More Tales of the City (Emmy Nominee), and Further Tales of the City, among more than 40 others. She has performed in over 130 productions Off-Broadway and regionally at theatres including A.C.T., Shakespeare in the Park, Shakespeare &amp; Co., and the Williamstown Summer Theatre Festival, where she also served as Associate Director. Founding member and <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Producing-Artistic/">Producing Artistic</a> Director of the Whole Theatre in Montclair, NJ for 19 years; also a founding member of the Actor&#39;s Company and the Charles Playhouse, both in Boston. She taught acting at NYU (graduate school) for fourteen years and teaches master classes for colleges and universities across the country. She has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Greek America Foundation and the <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Elliot-Norton/">Elliot Norton</a> Awards, was bestowed the National Arts Club Medal of Honor and her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was placed in 2013.</p>
<p>The workshop takes place at FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243. This event is not open to the public.</p><p><small></small><img
src="http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=18162732&cv=2.0&cj=1" />http://www.broadwayworld.com/st-petersburg/article/Olympia-Dukakis-to-Lead-Greek-Theatre-Workshop-for-FSUAsolo-Conservatory-33-7-20150226
http://images.bwwstatic.com/columnpic6/75200D985CBFC-ED94-41E7-91F6AE0862FB0F04.jpghttp://www.broadwayworld.com/st-petersburg/article/Olympia-Dukakis-to-Lead-Greek-Theatre-Workshop-for-FSUAsolo-Conservatory-33-7-20150226Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:57:30 PSTRegional Roundup: Top 10 Stories This Week Around the Broadway World - 2/27<p>With over 100 U.S. cities and 30 international regions featured on our site, we have so many exciting theatre happenings around our Broadway World! Below, we&#39;ve highlighted our top 10 stories from this week. Check out the roundup below!<span style="color:rgb(37, 37, 37)"><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"> </p>
<p><strong><u>East Coast</u></strong></p>
<p><strong>1. Long Island, NY: </strong>Senior Editor Melissa Giordano reviews TICK TICK....BOOM at SoLuna Studio (playing through March 8. She says, &quot;<span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Mr.-Rice/">Mr. Rice</a>, Ms. Bagley, and Mr. Donohue - all Soluna vets - are top notch in their respective roles. Ms. Braun is also part of the cast in several stunning dance sequences representing Jon&#39;s conflicting imagination. The rest of the stellar company - comprised of recurring players and newbies to the SoLuna family - all sing the rock score superbly.&quot; Read her full review <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/long-island/article/BWW-Reviews-Jonathan-Larsons-TICKTICKBOOM-at-SoLuna-Studio-20150225" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<figcaption>I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE</figcaption>
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<p><strong>2. Rhode Island: </strong>Editor Veronica Bruscini reviews I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE at the<span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"> <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Providence-Performing%2BArts-Center/">Providence Performing Arts Center</a><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"> through Sunday, March 1, 2015. She says, &quot;The show&#39;s production values are entirely top-notch. <em>Lucy: Live</em><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"> boasts gorgeous costumes by <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Shon-LeBlanc/">Shon LeBlanc</a><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"> and Kelly Bailey, and a fun, versatile set design by Aaron Henderson. <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/David-George/">David George</a><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)">&#39;s lighting work captures the look and feel of a live television show taping while also providing natural segues between scenes. But where <em>Lucy: Live</em><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"> truly shines is in its remarkably talented cast.&quot; Read more <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/rhode-island/article/BWW-Reviews-Talented-I-LOVE-LUCY-LIVE-ON-STAGE-Cast-Shines-Despite-Scripts-Missteps-20150225" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"><strong>3. Connecticut: </strong>New Editor, Karen Bovard reviews <span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)">THE DINING ROOM at Playhouse on the Park in West Hartford, though March 8. She says, &quot;Director Sasha Br&auml;tt moves his ensemble of six actors through the space with fluid grace, and manages the many transitions with speed.&quot; Read her full review <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/connecticut/article/BWW-Reviews-THE-DINING-ROOM-at-Playhouse-On-Park-20150225" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"><strong><u>Southeast</u></strong></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"><strong>4. Nashville, TN: </strong>Senior Editor <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jeffrey-Ellis/">Jeffrey Ellis</a> features Trevecca Nazarene University&#39;s <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Amanda-Grace/">Amanda Grace</a> Creech in his &quot;Collegiate Theatrics&quot; column of our Student Center. &quot;<span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)">A native of Stone Mountain, Georgia, she&#39;s a student at Nashville&#39;s Trevecca Nazarene University and a 2014 First Night Most Promising Actor.&quot; Check out the interview <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/nashville/article/COLLEGIATE-THEATRICS-Trevecca-Nazarene-Universitys-Amanda-Grace-Creech-20150224" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong><u>Midwest</u></strong></p>
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<figcaption><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Audra-McDonald/">Audra McDonald</a></figcaption>
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<p><strong>5. Sioux Falls, SD: </strong>Editor Ellie LIvingston was wowed by <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Audra-McDonald/">Audra McDonald</a> who performed in concert at the <span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)">South Dakota State University. Calling her &quot;a master at work&quot;, she goes on, &quot;Art lovers travel far and wide to see the great works by the great painters, sports lovers spend thousands of dollars to see athletes at the top of their game compete in the super bowl. Seeing Audra do what she does best is seeing an athlete at the top of her game knock it out of the park.&quot; Read the rave review <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/sioux-falls/article/BWW-Reviews-Audra-McDonald-Live-in-Brookings-20150226" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong><u>West Coast</u>:</strong></p>
<p><strong>6. San Diego, CA: </strong>In San Diego, Editor Erica Miner interviews pianist <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Richard-Goode/">Richard Goode</a>, who is making his <span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)">San Diego <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/artist/Symphony">Symphony</a> <span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)">debut today, February 27. Check out his background, who influenced him most, and learn more about his love of music <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-diego/article/BWW-Interviews-Richard-Goode-Sings-On-the-Piano-20150225" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)"><strong>7. Arizona: </strong>In Arizona, the <a href="http://www.sedonafilmfestival.org/">21st Annual Sedona International Film Festival</a>, is running from February 21st through March 1st, which features 160 documentaries, features, shorts, Academy Award nominees and specialty films. BWW Editor Herbert Paine is offering extensive coverage. Check out one of his reviews of ROOTED IN PEACE <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmovies/article/BWW-Reviews-ROOTED-IN-PEACE-Meets-The-Aquarian-Conspiracy-20150226" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
<p><strong><u>Europe</u></strong></p>
<p><strong>8. Italy: </strong>Editor <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Francesca-Silvestri/">Francesca Silvestri</a> reviews FRANKENSTEIN Jr. the Musical. Check out what she thinks about the show <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/italy/article/BWW-Reviews-SI-PUO-FARE-20150225" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<figcaption>Frankenstein Junior il Musical</figcaption>
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<p><strong>9. Germany: </strong>Senior Editor Iris Moebius reviews LOVE NEVER DIES, which is presented in special version for the first time in Europe at the stage in Hamburg. She says, &quot;LOVE NEVER DIES impresses with catchy melodies written by <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Andrew-Lloyd%2BWebber/">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a>, a 30-piece ensemble, over 300 lavish costumes and a gorgeous set - stylishly staged by the glow of thousands of lights.&quot; Read her full review <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/germany/article/LIEBE-STIRBT-NIE-Love-Never-Dies-Das-Phantom-der-Oper-kehrt-zurck-20150224" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong><u>National Tour Highlight</u>:</strong></p>
<p>10. CINDERELLA National Tour is at the <span style="color:rgb(48, 47, 47)">Paramount Theatre through March 1st. Senior Editor <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jay-Irwin/">Jay Irwin</a> says, &quot;this new version still keeps all the magic and charm alive while adding in some humor and elements that just make the characters all the more rich and engaging.&quot; On Cinderella, he says, &quot;(Paige) Faure is kind of a quadruple threat here; gorgeous voice, very fun and likable, beautiful and a superb dancer.&quot; Check out the full review <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/seattle/article/BWW-Reviews-Paramounts-Fresh-CINDERELLA-is-a-Lovely-Night-20150225" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>This week, we would like to welcome back Marielle Kehoe who will be blogging on our fitness site, and <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Caitlin-Abraham/">Caitlin Abraham</a> who will be our featured guest blogger for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.</p>
<p><strong>Want to join our growing team? We have positions available in <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/las-vegas/article/BWW-Seeks-Editors-in-Multiple-US-Regions-20141217" target="_blank">several regions worldwide</a>! Contact christina@broadwayworld.com for more information!</strong></p>
<p>Lead Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Carol-Rosegg/">Carol Rosegg</a></p><p><small></small><img
src="http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=18162732&cv=2.0&cj=1" />http://www.broadwayworld.com/st-petersburg/article/Regional-Roundup-Top-10-Stories-This-Week-Around-the-Broadway-World-227-20150227
http://images.bwwstatic.com/columnpic6/75200C1B0C55B-D691-3660-5E537973212C53C9.jpghttp://www.broadwayworld.com/st-petersburg/article/Regional-Roundup-Top-10-Stories-This-Week-Around-the-Broadway-World-227-20150227Fri, 27 Feb 2015 08:52:00 PSTRev. Lisa 'Lucy' B. Hamilton Set for Talk-Back After Manatee's AGNES OF GOD, 3/8<img alt="" src="http://images.bwwstatic.com/columnpic6/23BBEC1CA-C564-84F2-E9DE330AA7066BD5.jpg" style="float:left" width="300" /></p>
<p>The Rev. Lisa &quot;Lucy&quot; B. Hamilton, Episcopal priest and author from Venice, FL will be conducting a talk-back after the 2 p.m. performance of AGNES OF GOD on Sunday March 8 at the Manatee Performing Arts Center.</p>
<p>The Rev. Lisa B. &quot;Lucy&quot; Hamilton is an Episcopal priest who has served parishes in Connecticut and Florida. She is Volunteer Counselor at Venice Theatre, where she is part of the joyful collaboration with adults with developmental disabilities from the Loveland Center culminating in public performances. A graduate of Yale Divinity School and the author of three books on spirituality, she is pursuing a doctorate in homiletics with a particular interest in the intersection of preaching and medieval drama. She is delighted to be part of Manatee Players&#39; intelligent and soulful production of Agnes of God in this small way, and thanks Candace for the opportunity.</p>
<p>Tickets for AGNES OF GOD are $26 and are available by calling the Manatee Performing Arts Center Ticket Office at 941-748-5875 or online at <a href="http://www.manateeperformingartscenter.com" target="_blank">www.manateeperformingartscenter.com</a>. The Manatee Performing Arts Center is located at 502 3rd Avenue West in downtown Bradenton.</p><p><small></small><img
src="http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=18162732&cv=2.0&cj=1" />http://www.broadwayworld.com/st-petersburg/article/Rev-Lisa-Lucy-B-Hamilton-Set-for-Talk-Back-After-Manatees-AGNES-OF-GOD-38-20150223
http://images.bwwstatic.com/columnpic6/752003BBEC1CA-C564-84F2-E9DE330AA7066BD5.jpghttp://www.broadwayworld.com/st-petersburg/article/Rev-Lisa-Lucy-B-Hamilton-Set-for-Talk-Back-After-Manatees-AGNES-OF-GOD-38-20150223Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:22:29 PSTANYTHING GOES to Sail Into the Van Wezel, 3/16<img alt="" src="http://newimages.bwwstatic.com/columnpic6/iconsquareAnythingGoes.jpg" style="float:left" width="300" />All aboard for this saucy and splendid production of Anything Goes, winner of three 2011 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and Choreography! at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, March 16, 2015 at 8pm.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Cole-Porter/">Cole Porter</a>&#39;s first-class musical comedy is one of the greatest musicals in theater history. Based on Roundabout Theatre Company&#39;s production.</p>
<p>When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention get tossed out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love...proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, an exotic disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Peppering this timeless classic are some of musical theatre&#39;s most memorable standards, including &quot;I Get A Kick Out Of You,&quot; &quot;You&#39;re the Top,&quot; and, of course, &quot;Anything Goes.&quot; Don&#39;t miss what the AP exclaims as, &quot;So DELIGHTFUL, So DELICIOUS, So DE-LOVELY!&quot;</p>
<p>Tickets are $35-$85.00 and are available at <a href="http://www.VanWezel.org" target="_blank">VanWezel.org</a>, the Box Office, or by calling 941-953-3368.</p><p><small></small><img
src="http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=18162732&cv=2.0&cj=1" />http://www.broadwayworld.com/st-petersburg/article/ANYTHING-GOES-to-Sail-Into-the-Van-Wezel-316-20150219
http://images.bwwstatic.com/columnpic6/752006FF9AAEA-08A8-3A08-F86EDCE050906526.jpghttp://www.broadwayworld.com/st-petersburg/article/ANYTHING-GOES-to-Sail-Into-the-Van-Wezel-316-20150219Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:25:05 PSTJERSEY BOYS National Tour to Play Van Wezel, 3/11-15<img alt="" src="http://images.bwwstatic.com/columnpic6/2627C7C0E-09CE-5C6E-ED1A905430F88614.jpg" style="float:left" width="300" /></p>
<p>Get ready for the Sarasota premiere of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys, the story of <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Frankie-Valli/">Frankie Valli</a> and The Four Seasons, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on: March 11 at 8pm, March 12 at 2pm &amp; 8pm, March 13 at 8pm, March 14 at 2pm &amp; 8pm, and March 15 at 1.30pm &amp; 7pm. Limited tickets are still available.</p>
<p>Jersey Boys is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia). Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Des-McAnuff/">Des McAnuff</a>, Jersey Boys is written by Academy Award-winner <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Marshall-Brickman/">Marshall Brickman</a> and <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Rick-Elice/">Rick Elice</a>, with music by <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bob-Gaudio/">Bob Gaudio</a>, lyrics by <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bob-Crewe/">Bob Crewe</a> and choreography by <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Sergio-Trujillo/">Sergio Trujillo</a>.</p>
<p>Jersey Boys is the story of <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Frankie-Valli/">Frankie Valli</a> and The Four Seasons: <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Frankie-Valli/">Frankie Valli</a>, <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bob-Gaudio/">Bob Gaudio</a>, <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Tommy-DeVito/">Tommy DeVito</a> and Nick Massi. This is the true story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty. The show features all their hits including &quot;Sherry,&quot; &quot;Big Girls Don&#39;t Cry,&quot; &quot;Oh What A Night,&quot; &quot;Walk Like A Man,&quot; &quot;Can&#39;t Take My Eyes Off You&quot; and &quot;Working My Way Back To You.&quot;</p>
<p>Jersey Boys opened at the <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/August-Wilson/">August Wilson</a> Theatre on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005. The Jersey Boys US National Tour opened to rave reviews in San Francisco on December 1, 2006, and is still breaking house records in cities across North America. Jersey Boys is currently playing in New York; Las Vegas; London; and in cities across North America and the U.K . on national tours. Jersey Boys worldwide has been seen by over 22 million people (as of January, 2015).</p>
<p>Tickets are available at VanWezel.org, the Box Office, or by calling <a href="tel:941-953-3368" target="_blank">941-953-3368</a>.</p><p><small></small><img
src="http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=18162732&cv=2.0&cj=1" />http://www.broadwayworld.com/st-petersburg/article/JERSEY-BOYS-National-Tour-to-Play-Van-Wezel-311-15-20150219
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